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AuroraWorks

10139 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora CO 80010

Denver Metro

Aurora

AuroraWorks provides career preparation & placement. Participants who complete their job seeker workshop are matched with an employment coach who provides individualized job search assistance to include resume preparation, e-mail setup if needed, interview coaching, job leads, and community referrals for housing, transportation, healthcare, counseling, childcare, food and other support services. In addition, they provide life skills assistance to help address other issues related to success--financial management, time management, conflict resolution, anger management, parenting, reconciliation, and interpersonal communication skills. Call or email through the website link to get started. Part of CommunityWorks

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Center for Employment Opportunities–Denver

3532 Franklin Street, Suite S, Denver, CO 80205

Denver Metro

Denver

CEO works to reduce recidivism and increase employment. They provide people returning home from incarceration immediate paid employment, skills training, and ongoing career support. To offer work experience, CEO operates transitional work crews that provide indoor/outdoor maintenance and neighborhood beautification services. In addition to work and daily pay, CEO provides wraparound vocational support services: on days you are not working, you'll receive job coaching to find full-time employment. Once you're in a full-time position, CEO continues working with you for a year to ensure you have the support you need to grow in your career. CEO connects their young adult participants with specialized programming and resources that more effectively meet their needs.

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CHIC Denver

10115 E. Colfax Ave, Aurora CO 80010

Denver Metro

Aurora

CHIC offers a variety of services in intervention and prevention that address economic mobility, mental health, social, emotional and cultural wellness and the overall stability of the family. They provide a variety of programs that focus on families and youth who have educational, reentry, and community needs. They bring families and service providers together to increase access to community resources. Services designed for young women.

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GoodTurn Cycles

1401 Zuni St, Unit 101, Denver, CO 80204

Denver Metro

Littleton

GoodTurn Cycles serves young adults aged 16-24, primarily from low income families, who haven't found success in traditional education or employment systems. They help provide paid on-the-job skills training and mentorship that honors an individual's inherent self worth. Their job training program happens in one of their two retail bicycle shops. Participants learn the fundamentals of employment, retail customer service skills and the technical skills of bicycle mechanics. GoodTurn Cycles has two locations, one in Denver and the other in Littleton. If you are interested in applying, reach out via email or phone!

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Impact Empowerment Group

5405 East 33rd Avenue, Denver CO 80207

Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship help for Youth

Denver Metro

Denver

IEG provides programs in education, employment, and entrepreneurship. They can help you get out of a gang, make different choices, provide mentoring and help finding a job, improve your education, develop a career, become an entrepreneur, and more. Walk-ins are welcome.

Metro DEEP

1582 S Parker Road #303, Denver CO 80231

Denver Metro

Denver

Metro DEEP is an Economic Development Organization focused on the African descended population. They have departments in Youth Development, Career and Workforce, and Entrepreneurial Development. They also have two wealth-building strategies in real estate development and home ownership; the second is in investments. Their long-term goal is "to make a wealth mentality the most popular among our people and our short term goal is to ensure that you get what you need, not to survive, but to thrive." Click on the website below for more information (look under the Events and Programs tabs), email admin@metrodeep.com, or call one of the numbers below for more information.

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Mile High Youth Corps

1801 Federal Boulevard, Denver CO 80204

Denver Metro

Denver

Mile High Youth Corps is currently accepting applications for positions in Denver and Colorado Springs. Check on their website for more information, including a button to Apply Now. For youth ages 16-24, you'll learn hands-on job skills though their programs.

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Movement 5280

3485 South Broadway Englewood, CO 80113

Day Shelter & Community Center

Denver Metro

Englewood

Movement 5280 has three primary focuses: Survive, Thrive, and Revive. Movement 5280 provides a "family of support" to unhoused youth who have aged out of foster care and any other at-risk young people lacking guidance as they transition to adulthood. They also provide a separate no-barrier food pantry called Englewood's Table as well as a non-denominational church called Lost & Found Church to be able to provide a safe-space for people who are experiencing homelessness, justice involvement, sober living, addiction recovery or anyone in the community who would like to attend. Movement 5280 is committed to providing wrap around services that are sourced from trauma informed models. Consider reaching out to them if you are part of the unhoused young adult population.

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Purple Door Coffee

1555 W Thomas Ave, Englewood CO 80110

Denver Metro

Denver

Purple Door Coffee offers employment, upskilling, and hands on training to teens and young adults who have been homeless and want to leave homelessness behind. They are a social enterprise collaboration from Dry Bones.

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Servicios de La Raza Youth Re-Entry WAGEES20 Program

3131 West 14th Avenue, Denver CO 80204

Denver Metro

Denver

Servicios de la Raza offers Youth Re-entry WAGEES20, which is re-entry help and case management for justice-involved adults ages 18-24. You'll get help with work clothing, tools, school supplies, and transportation. They help with educational training to assist youth succeed in community college courses. Click on the website to learn about all of the services and connections they offer.

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TGTHR

1440 Pine St. Suite B Boulder, CO 80302

TGTHR offers a variety of resources to unhoused youth

Denver Metro

Boulder

TGTHR helps unhoused youth within the Boulder area. They have been delivering resources in the community for over 55 years. Ending youth homelessness requires all young people to have a place to live, employment, access to education, wellness, and a supportive community. TGTHR has a multitude of resources that range from shelters, assistance to individuals aging out of foster care, drop in centers, supportive transitional housing, case management and much more.

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The Master’s Apprentice

646 Mariposa Street, #202, Denver, CO 80204

Denver Metro

Denver

The Master's Apprentice is a faith-based pre-apprentice program that prepares you to enter the trades and assists in career placement. The program is for people 18-45 years old. The program prepares you to work in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, welding, masonry, or HVAC. You must have your high school diploma or equivalency (GED), a driver's license, and be able to pass a drug test. If you do not have one of the above, this program can work with your circumstances to ensure your successful placement. You can apply online through their website or call Jude Carstensen at the number below to learn more.

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Urban Peak–Employment & Training Services Team

1630 S Acoma Street, Denver CO 80223

Denver Metro

Denver

Urban Peak’s Employment & Training Services team helps youth ages 15 -24 experiencing homelessness and those at risk of homelessness. Services include Job Readiness Training (JRT), career training services, job search assistance, job placement and job retention services. All services are free and individualized with the help of a case manager. Hours vary based on locations, address below is the Shelter. Drop-in Center is located on 2100 Stout st.